7 Tips for creating a PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint Presentations can be a useful tool and also a huge boredom flag! I was invited to be a speaker at the University of Alberta’s International Week on January 28, 2013. So for this presentation...
View ArticleBook Clubs and ROW80 check in
So I was chatting with a friend over dinner and we got onto the topic of what the other was reading. We both said how we would love to be in a book club or to start a book club. I like to be in book...
View ArticleCommunications Today: How people come across in writing and ROW80 check in
People communicate in so many ways through writing these days that different forms and even “languages” have been created. I think how someone writes reflects on their person whether for good or bad...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter and Pinterest – Social media strategy & Row80
Working in Communications and being a writer and blogger, I’ve heard my fair share of theories on social media numbers and klout. I’ve been blogging for over two years now and I’ve been actively using...
View ArticleOh you’re in communications…so what do you do exactly?
The one and only reason I wish I were not in the field of Communications is because it’s not one of those one-word answer job descriptions like doctor, lawyer, accountant. The conversations tend to go...
View ArticleHow to write a graduate school letter of intent
When I approached writing my graduate school statement of purpose/letter of intent/admissions essay (whichever terminology applies), I knew it was one of the most important pieces of writing I would...
View ArticleWords in 3D: A conference on writing, editing & publishing
This weekend, May 24-26 talented writers, editors and publishers all convened in Edmonton for the Words in 3D Conference and so far it is the conference to beat for me. I was impressed to say the...
View ArticleWhere is all the Hypertext Fiction in this Digital Age?
*** The following hypertext essay was written in partial completion of the Master of Arts in Communications and Technology degree at the University of Alberta, Canada. © 2013 Nicole Basaraba The...
View ArticleTurning over a new leaf before 2015
A colleague of mine said to me last week: “When you commit to something you don’t do it in moderation do you?” I laughed and then I starting thinking about what she said. She’s right. When I’m on...
View ArticleWriting Interactive Fiction on Twine
As part of my PhD, I’m taking a computing science master’s course on contextual media that involves game design, narrative, and critical studies. One of the assignments was to write an interactive...
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